The final score read like this: Atlanta Braves 4, Washington Nationals 3. The important parts of this was that another date was torn off the calendar and the Nationals got to record another Curly ‘L’ in the book.
This is a Braves team truly making a statement: they are telling all opponents ‘we do not fear you – we will simply beat you.’ That is holding true as they’ve now beaten their closest foe in 2 straight of this 4-game set, and taken 16 of their last 18 overall. Remarkable.
This has certainly been a series circled on the Nats’ calendar for quite a while, yet now the best they can do is to split the games, and thus leave Atlanta no closer than when they arrived.